Fr. James L. Heft S.M. (Marianist) is Alton Brooks Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California and founder of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. He served for nearly thirty years at the University of Dayton as the chair of Religious Studies Department, then Provost, and finally Chancellor and University Professor, before moving to Los Angeles to found the inter-faith and inter-religious research center.

• IntroductionThe On-Going Conversation Part I: True Norths1. Jesus and the University2. Mary and the Intellectual Life3. John Henry Newman in Context Part II: The University and the Church4. Secularization and Catholic Higher Education5. A University that Evangelizes6. Ex corde ecclesiae and the Mandatum7. Bishops and Theologians Part III: Faculty and the University Mission8. Academic Freedom and the Open Circle9. Faculty Recruitment and Formation10. Teaching and Research11. Humility and Courage12. Liberal Education13. Theology in the Catholic University Part IV: Co-Curricular and Curricular Dimensions14. Campus Ministers and Academics15. Catholic Studies Programs and Catholic Identity Conclusion16. The Future of Catholic Higher Education in the United States

The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle, by James Heft, SM, is a must read for a younger generation that is called to serve God by serving students. It is also a hope-filled message for those who already have dedicated themselves to that ministry, which, at times, may seem to have capitulated to the "consumerization" and "technologization" of Catholic higher education in the United States.

Fr. James L. Heft S.M. (Marianist) is Alton Brooks Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California and founder of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. He served for nearly thirty years at the University of Dayton as the chair of Religious Studies Department, then Provost, and finally Chancellor and University Professor, before moving to Los Angeles to found the inter-faith and inter-religious research center.

• IntroductionThe On-Going Conversation Part I: True Norths1. Jesus and the University2. Mary and the Intellectual Life3. John Henry Newman in Context Part II: The University and the Church4. Secularization and Catholic Higher Education5. A University that Evangelizes6. Ex corde ecclesiae and the Mandatum7. Bishops and Theologians Part III: Faculty and the University Mission8. Academic Freedom and the Open Circle9. Faculty Recruitment and Formation10. Teaching and Research11. Humility and Courage12. Liberal Education13. Theology in the Catholic University Part IV: Co-Curricular and Curricular Dimensions14. Campus Ministers and Academics15. Catholic Studies Programs and Catholic Identity Conclusion16. The Future of Catholic Higher Education in the United States

The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle, by James Heft, SM, is a must read for a younger generation that is called to serve God by serving students. It is also a hope-filled message for those who already have dedicated themselves to that ministry, which, at times, may seem to have capitulated to the "consumerization" and "technologization" of Catholic higher education in the United States.

Fr. James L. Heft S.M. (Marianist) is Alton Brooks Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California and founder of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. He served for nearly thirty years at the University of Dayton as the chair of Religious Studies Department, then Provost, and finally Chancellor and University Professor, before moving to Los Angeles to found the inter-faith and inter-religious research center.

• IntroductionThe On-Going Conversation Part I: True Norths1. Jesus and the University2. Mary and the Intellectual Life3. John Henry Newman in Context Part II: The University and the Church4. Secularization and Catholic Higher Education5. A University that Evangelizes6. Ex corde ecclesiae and the Mandatum7. Bishops and Theologians Part III: Faculty and the University Mission8. Academic Freedom and the Open Circle9. Faculty Recruitment and Formation10. Teaching and Research11. Humility and Courage12. Liberal Education13. Theology in the Catholic University Part IV: Co-Curricular and Curricular Dimensions14. Campus Ministers and Academics15. Catholic Studies Programs and Catholic Identity Conclusion16. The Future of Catholic Higher Education in the United States

The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle, by James Heft, SM, is a must read for a younger generation that is called to serve God by serving students. It is also a hope-filled message for those who already have dedicated themselves to that ministry, which, at times, may seem to have capitulated to the "consumerization" and "technologization" of Catholic higher education in the United States.